16th Sust. Bde. Soldiers Head to Latvia for Saber Strike 11

Soldiers from the 16th Sustainment Brigade board a plane in Nuremberg, Germany, at the Nuremberg Airport Oct. 5. The brigade is participating in Operation Saber Strike 11 in Latvia. Saber Strike 11, a cooperative training exercise between the U.S., Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia armed forces, will focus on command and control as well as interoperability. It will consist of a brigade command post exercise and six company-level field training exercises and will help the militaries of the four participating nations to improve their joint operational capabilities in a variety of missions and prepare them for operations in Afghanistan as well as other multinational contingency operations around the world.